Help Identifying Denmark Makers Mark on necklace

[rtkayne]

Hi,

I have this sterling necklace from Denmark, but I do not know who the maker is. I searched on the site for a while, but did not find anything concrete. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ryan

[admin]

Hi,
Nice Danish modernist piece, that is the personal mark of Karl Gustav Hansen of the Hans Hansen firm.

1906 Hans Hansen (1884-1940) founded a goldsmith in Kolding, Denmark.
1920 Initially they produced flatware, but when the company became successful, they started producing jewelry
1931 Hans Hansen designed himself the first pieces of jewelry
1932 Karl Gustav Hansen, his son designed the first successful line of jewelry
1930 - 1940 They opened a subsidiary in Copenhagen
1940 Han Hansen died and his son, Karl Gustav, took over the Hans Hansen silversmithy
1992 The firm joined the Georg Jensen company

Your necklace probably dates to the late 1960's or 70's.

Regards, Tom

[rtkayne]

Thanks Tom!